Choosing the Best Green Teas for Your Health and Enjoyment
Green tea is quickly becoming one of the most popular drinks in the world today, and for good reasons.
The best green teas are becoming more recognized for their taste and health benefits, these include aiding weight loss, reducing cancer risks, and adding more antioxidants to your diet.
However, choosing the best green teas can be something of challenge, especially for those who are new to the green tea world.
We list below several examples of the best green teas available on the market today, and some great ways to brew the leaves in order to bring out the entire wonderful flavor.
Our choices
One of the most popular types of green tea is known as Green sencha tea. This is perhaps one of the best green teas to have as an introduction to the green tea family.
It is a very cost effective choice, and the taste is one of the most recognizable of the green teas for sale.
Our second choice that is considered to be one of the best green teas on the market today is that of Kabusecha.
Taken from the first and finest harvest, it remains a favorite with many customers worldwide.
It has a grassy aroma that is considered a signature scent of the best green tea.
A third choice for a Japanese green tea is that of Myou-Kou, this is a deep steamed green tea.
Unlike lighter green teas, this tea has a thicker, bolder flavor, and is considered by many to be the most unique and best green tea available.
Fourthly we choose oolong tea, one of the Chinese green teas it is perhaps the most well known tea to Americans as it is the usual complement to General Tso's Chicken at many Chinese restaurants.
Oolong tea is associated with its anti aging properties for the skin and there are many varieties of oolong tea that vary greatly in taste.
Don’t forget that as in many other areas organic green tea will probably impart the greatest health benefits.
Organic green teas would be our choice for the simple matter of not having been grown with chemical additives and pesticides.
Brewing Your Cup of Green Tea
As any fan of green tea will tell you, half the enjoyment of the best green tea is how it is brewed.
Since it is such an unfermented tea, unlike your normal oolong and black teas, the method of brewing the green tea is a little different.
The thing to remember about brewing the best green tea is that the tea leaves need room to expand and impart their health benefits to the water that they are being infused in.
Therefore, anything like tea bags or tea balls can hinder the flavor of the resultant tea.
So best way to brew a green tea is to allow the tea leaves to sit loose in the water and steep for a few minutes, and then strain and desired.
In the end, the best green tea is truly a matter of taste and preference. The best suggestion is to try a number of different types and see if you can find which is your favorite of the best green teas to try.For more information, why not obtain A Guide To Tea, an 88-page book on the history and enjoyment of tea free with your first Adagio Teas order of $19 or more.
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